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i ol Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer 7 » 1a Daily Times [= pry A Goowing Newwpaper in VOL. 5--NO. 65 Bin San Suet Ry OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1929 15 Cents a Week; YITITTITY TWELVE PAGES, News in Brief (By Canadian Press) "Dies of Natural Causes Toronto.--A short time after he |. had been admitted to the institu- tion, George Ward, 57 Harbord street, died in St. Michael's hos- pital yesterday. He was 61 years old, Chief Coroner Br. M. M Crawford ascribed death to nat- ural causes, a - Fishing Schooner Sinks Boston.--The Boston fishing schooner Josephine De Costa struck a submerged rock off Seal Island, Nova Scotia, and sank, her owns ers, O'Hara Brothers, were in- formed here yesterday Captain Stillman Hitson and _ her crew of 22 men,escaped injuries and land- ed at Pubnico, N S. ' Attempted Suicide Toronto.--After making two at- tempts to.end his life yesterday by inhaling illuminating gas, Wilfred Gibson, married, aged. 41y of 40 Gfford street, was arrested by Con- stable Guest on a charge of at- tempted suicide. Domestic trouble, police said, was blamed by Gibson for 'his trying to take. his life. LJ LJ LJ Doctor Dean Foster Dies Stamford, Conn.--Dr, Dean Fos- ter, prominent eye, ear, throat and nose. specialist, died suddenly at Stamford hospital yesterday after- noon. His wife who was Miss Mabel BE. Neale, daughter of Fred- erick and Katheryn Neale of To- ronto, and three daughters--Alice |, Dean, Katheryn E. and Mabel N. Fostér, survive him. - * * Allied With: British Corps London.--Three Canadian regi- ments have become allled with Imperial units, it was announced today. The Governor-General's Foot Guards is allied to the Cold- stream' Guards, the Vancouver Regiment to the Buffs, otherwise known as the East Kent Regiment, and the Victoria Rifles to the King's Royal Rifles. LJ . * Brigadier-General to Retire Ottawa.--The départment of na- tional defence announced today that Brigadier-General F. W. Hill, C.B., C.M.G., D.8.0., officer com- manding military district No. 7 St. John, N.B., will be retired on pension early in 1930, and will be succeeded by Brigadier C. F. Con-/ stantine, D.8.0., R.C.A., now com- mandant of the on™ 'Military college, Kingston, +. @-Hour Day, 5-Day Week . i, Louis, Mo.--A six-hour work- ng 'day and y a 304000 union bakers in nads the United States, as a means of 'counteracting the effects of labor saving machinery in large bakeries, was a topic for discus- sion at the tri-annual convention of the Bakers' and Confectionery Workers' International union, which opened here yesterday. RE * * * Lacrosse Player Committed Brantford.-- Walter Vernon "Scotty'"" Martin, Indian athlete, was committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter by Magis- trate John R. Blake yesterday, after a preliminary hearing of the circumstances surrounding the death of Hardy Silversmith, fol- lowing a lacrosse game in which Martin is alleged to have poked him in the stomach with his stick. i a Injured by Cultivator Lindsay.--John = Jackett, who lives on the Fourteenth Concession of Manvers, suffered a serious accident while hitching a team in the field to the cultivator. When Jackett reached down to lift the pole, the team struck him with their front feet and then pulled the cultivator over him, »reaking three ribe, Jackett, whilic progres- sing favorably, will be laid up some weeks. * * Duck Hunter Fined Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.--Edward Greenwood was fined $10 and costs on a charge of having shot ducks at Pine Island, in contraven- tion of the game regulations. Ap- parently there has been little stormy weather in the North, as the ducks have not begun to come down in any numbers, but hunters in some areas are getting fair bags from those which nested here. * * * Lucky 13 Baden. ---The statt and pupils of Baden Public School will hence- forth believe there is some luck attached to number 13, ms the following episode will prove: On Friday, Sept. 13, Baden School, officially known as S.S. No. 13, Wilmot, with 13 as an entry number in a class of 13 contestants, won a shield donated by the Waterloo Chronicle for writing at the fair at New Ham- burg. 'One of the girls of the win- ning team was 13 years old, Miss Laura Louise Livingston, a pupil of the Baden School, won 13 prizes at the same fair. WEATHER An area of high pressure - covers the western provinces while a depression has devel. oped within the trough of low extending from the Great Lakes northward. Showers have occurred from Ontario to the maritime provinces and in the west the weather has been fair, cool in Manitoba and Sas- katchewan. Forecasts: Lower lake re- gion and Georgian Bay--Fresn 'northwest winds, fair. today SINCLAIR MAKES REPLY TO PREMIER Great Credit Is Given Ram- say MacDonald Who In- itiated the Conversation 'With Ambassador Dawes --Situation Eased by Re- ticence of Press MacDONALD BACKED BY BRITISH PUBLIC Doctrine of the Freedom: of the Seas Still a Big Bone of Contention Between U.S. and Britain London, Sept. 17.--The fact that the Admiralty has approved the terms of the proposed agreement for limitation of naval armaments as between Great Britain and the United States adds a feeling of se- curity to the satisfaction generally felt over the success of the Anglo- American conversations up to the present. While it is recognized the conversations have achieved much, they have reduced the margin of uncertainty to three cruisers carry- t |ing 8-inch guns, and a matter of 15,000 tons. It is. not overlooked that complete agreement is yet to be reached. Furthermore, an An- glo-American agreement will be preliminary to the larger agree- ment which it is expected will be reached between the five principal naval powers of the world, It is pointed out that the difficulties '@rise in the general cony ference, expected in January, may yet prove obstinately complicated. Great credit is bestowed in Great Britain on Premier Ramsay MacDonald, who initiated the con- versations with Ambassador Char- les G. Dawes of the United States shortly after the Labor government went into power this summer. The Morning Posts political correspon- dent says it can be sald with auth- ority that the prime minister's task has been eased by the reticence ob- served throughout the negotiations by the British Press, a reticence which 'has been absent in the case of United States journals, accord- ing to the Post. The Post says: "The best guar- antee we possess is that the sea lords, pressed as they may be, are by tradition and training the sort of men who would rather resign than agree to go beyond what they took to be a limit of safety." The Times, praising Premier MacDonald, says the course of cir- cumstances placed him in the most fortunate position of being able to profit handsomely by hard work in the cause of a naval understanding between the two countries, "per- formed thanklessly eng his predecessor." Undauyted by 'the bitter disappointment/attending the tripartite conference of 1927, the Conservative government of Prem- jer Stanley Baldwin sowed the seed which the Labor governnient "very creditably'". ripened and reaped, The Times adds. The Manchester Guardian re- marks fears had been expresséd that Premier MacDonald would go to Washington backed by the en- thusiastic support of his country but still unable to "deliver the goods." The authoritative state- ment 'issued last night, however, "Makes it clear there'is no danger of such a tragic:fiasco," the Guara- ian says: "It is true trivial differ. ences were permitted to wreck the last disarmament conference bus there was.a vital difference in the conditions. Since then we have had a peace pact and a change of government in both countries. "Rt, Hon. Winston Churchill is no longer in the way and hair-split- ting about the meaning of parity has gone with him," the Guardian declares. "The preliminaries to the present negotiations have been conducted in a different spirit. MacDonald and Hoover do not talk Eins sat continuously, for - of concessions as if the building of BRITISH ADMIRALTY HAS APPROVED TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT WITH STATES! Woman Punches Burglar on Nose (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Hamilton, Ont., Sept." 17.-- When a burglar entered the home of Mrs. R. Duncan here early yes- terday ,he received a warm recep- tion, Mrs, Duncan was in bed. She awakened to find a stranger at her bedside. She jumped up, swung right heartily, and caught the in- truder on the fist. He ran to the bathroom. Mrs, Duncan called police. When they 'arrived, the burglar had departed by the window. Retiring From Political Life Finlay G. MacDiarmid, Con- servative for West El- gin, Nearly Sixty (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) St. Thomas, Ont., Sept. 17.--Finlay G. MacDiarmid, Conservative mem- ber for 'West Elgin in the Ontario legislature today confirmed reports that he is retiring from political life and will so inform the Conservative convention to be held at Dutton next Monday, Mr, MacDiarmid was first elected to the legislation in 1898; and with the exception of the year fol- lowing, when he was defeated in a by-election, and from 1919 to 1923] 8 West n." He was member of | public Works in the Hearst government 1914 to 1919. Mr. MacDiarmid will be sixty years of age on October 11 next. Mrs. Sharpe (bitterly) : "Don't you sometimes wish I'd maried some oth- er man?" Sharpe: "No, I hold no grudge against any man, but I have wished a good many times you'd remained an old maid. nose with a hard |, Complete Agreement is Near on Naval Limitation HON. G. H. FERGUSON Leader of the Ontario Conserva- tive Party, who has announced a provincial election for Octo- ber 30. WILL NOT LEAD THE PROHIBITIONISTS .W. F. Nickle Says He Will Not Accept the Re- sponsibility Kingston, Sept. 17.--Denial that he would lead the prohibition for- ces in the provincial general elec- tions, October 30, was made here today by W. F. Nickle, K.C., and former attorney general of Ontario in an interview with the Canadian Press. "There is nothing to be gained by evasion," said Mr. Nickle. "From various $étyces I have been urged to accept the duty of ge-or- sanime the forces opposed to the ven ment's. Jquor: y in the approaching election. It is quite impossible to accept so great a re- sponsibility with what appears will be the short time. at one's com- mand and do justice to the issue which would have to be discussed before the electors and upon which they would be asked to pronounce." "You say I promised 'to marry you. Where was that?" "In the park under an oak tree." "Rubbish! It was a lime tree." Ww. LEADERS IN THE ELECTION FIGHT E. N. SINCLAIR, K.C.,, M.P.P. Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party in the forthcoming gen- eral election in the Province. [Forty Four Jews Awaiting Trial For Murder The Men Are Held in Con- nection With Recent Arab- Jewish Riots (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Jerusalem, Sept. 17--Forty-four Jews have been imprisoned in the citadel of Acre by the authorities to awai |_for, murder by premedi- tat wuring the recent Ar- ab. Jawish riots which took a toll of 200 lives i in abe Sale: ate not ar ing = i there. hore J Teer workers are sending food to the im- prisonted men, who are stated to be in good spirits, Their reléase on 'bail was refused. The citade lof Acre, where Vland- imir Jobotinsky and nineteen other defenders of Jerusalem were confined in 1920, is on_the north side of the city rich in history of the crusading era. v ing," Lethbridge Will Stand By Prohibition Can See Nothing in Present Act to Cause Him to Change His Views (By Canadiart Press Leased Wire) Glencoe, Ont, Sept. 17.--Several of the, proposals outlined in the election manifesto of Premier Ferguson and the Ontario. Conservative govern- ment are along the line of reforms pressed for by the members of the Progressive party in the legislature dissolved yesterday, declared GQ. opposition, "We are glad to see them coming around to our way of think- he remarked. The Progressive party would, how- ever, stand by its prohibition policy, said Mr, "Lethbridge. He had seen act and its operation throughout the nething i in the present liquor control province to cause him to change his views on prohibition, Members of the Progressive group in the 'late legislature, together with the executive of the Progressive par- ty in Ontario; will meet in Toronto, Sept. 20, to consider the government's manifesto and decide on the future programme. 'H. H. Halbert, of Ux- bridge, Ont., will preside. John M. Warren, of Toronto, 'is secretary. It is expected that Progressive can- didates wil be nominated in many of the ridings throughout the province. In the matter of nominations, how- ever, the Progresive policy is one of autonomy in each riding. On dissolution the Progressives in the House numbered 11 in a total of 112 members. There were also three United Farmer seats, The Progressive executive will ol a to. greatly in- crease this repr TOLL OF. DEAD. GROWS IN GERMANY -- Saabrisecken, Germany, Sept. 17.-- The death list from the fire damp explosion in the St. Charles mine. to- day increased to 12, with 40 injured. The disaster yesterday followed oth- er explosions which destroyed all the ventilators and demolished the Cen- tral Electric station and boiler house. The cause of tre explosions has not been determined. Lethbridge, leader of the Progressive |: ELECTION OF 96 Paralysis Cases at Ottawa (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ottawa, Ont., Sept. 17--Four new cases of infantile paralysis in this city since Saturday brought the total number of cases up to 96 gince the beginning of the out- break in July, The third death from the disease cccurred today. At present there are 55 cases under treatment in hospital, and five quarantined at home while the remainder have been discharged as cured. Bank Treasurer Is Arrested Told Police He Had Been Trussed by Two Robbers (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Lewiston, Maine, Sept. 17.--Wilbur H. Davis, treasurer of 'the Peoples Savings Bank, who last night told police he had been trussed by two armed robbers who had taken $5,- in currency and securities from the bank, was arrested carly today charged with robbing the 'institution of ten thousand dollars. Police de- clared that a preliminary examina- tion indicated that the bank may have lost between $50,000 and $10,000 through Davis' alleged defalcations. Mrs. Betsy Kirkey Killed Accidentally (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Brockville, Ont., Sept. 17.~A ver- dict of accidental death was return- ed by a coroner's jury here last night in the case of Mrs. 'Betsy Kirkey, 76, who was killed by a Canadian National Railway train at a level crossing here last Friday. Hon. W. D. Euler Will Discuss British Imports to Canada (By GEORGE HAMBLETON, Canadian Press Staff Correspondent) Geneva, Sept. 17.--Expecting to un- dertake further conversations with the British government on the mat- ter of regulations governing British imports to Canada under the prefer- ential tariffs, Hon. W. D. Euler, Min- ister of Customs and Excise for Ca- nada, will leave Geneva tomorrow for London. The particular question raised by the British government is the change by Canada, some months ago, where: by British goods to gain .the benefit of the imperial preferences, must be British in labor and materials to the extent of 50 per cent. with a' large proportion. of goods imported in a raw 'state to Britain and there pro- cessed or manufactured for export, the stipulation is@a very important one to British exporters. One suggestion is that Canada in return for British concessions in oth- er directions might: make a, special provision in regard: to-imports of cot. ton, the chief + commodity - affected by the ruling. . ; battléships was a blessing which could only be foregone as a favor to the other. The naval experts have co-operated because they have beer treated as experts and not as policy makers." ; The Guardian, adds that the out- standing problem which still makes for 'ill-will between the British commonwealth of nations and the United States is the doctrine of freedom of the seas, : "an ironical name for an out of date theory which Britain :was able to impose on other nations when Britannia still ruled the waves alone." Orangeville, Sept. "17.--Reports that Orangeville .had - become 2 second Chicago since the dismissal of its police chief with all citizens armed to the teeth, gave a com- mercial traveller, the scare of his life and cost a young waitress a prospective tip. En route from Owen Sound to Toronto the traveller who had been perusing press reports of the ex- and Wednesday becoming cooler. 3 citement, stopped at the town for Visitor to Orangeville Put to Flight by Innocent Dinner Bell (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) lunch, Entering a restaurant he wag presented with the startling picture of a pretty young girl holding him up with the glistening muzzle of what he took to be a gun, Without stopping to . discover that the menacing weapon was nothing more dangerous than a dinner bell He 'bolted from the door and was last seen dashing madly in the direction of the sta- tion, A; 7,000 AGRE INFERNO IN CALIFORNIA $2,000,000 Damage Done by Fire Started by Broken Wire (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ventura, Calif, Sept. 17.--A fire that started from a broken electric power line and whipped itself into a 7,000 acre inferno when fed by boil- ing oil from -a tank that exploded from the resulting' heat threatencd the home of Santa Paula Canyon near here today. A force of 200 men were battling ta save the homes af- ter polick had; ordered* trem vacated as a safety measure, + Damage estimated at about $2,000, 000 had been done by the blaze and it 'still was burning with teriffic force dithough it had been paziially con- trolled. P Another serious fire, fanned by a stiff wind, blackened several . thous- and acres between Sage and Temec- ula in Riverside county. Pete Spa- woe a cattleman of Sage, was ar- ested and charged with starting the fire, Wild Rumo Rumors Are Denied (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Coblenz, Germany, Sept. 17.--Ex- aggerated reports of French inten- tions to re-occupy Wiesbaden as soon as British troops have been evacuat- ed were explicitly denied today by French chief delegate, M. Noel, speaking in the name of director Ti- rard of the Interallie Rhineland com- mission in an interview in tre Ber- lin Tageblat. French evacuation in the second Rhineland occupied zone has official- ly started, said Mr, Noel. He denied another rumor circulating in the Rhineland to the effect that the French are strengthening. their for- ces in the third zone in connection with the avacuation of the second. "Not a single French soldier will be transferred from the left to the right bank of the Rhine," said the i French official, Thomas Had Strenuous Time (By Canadian Press) London, Sept, 17.--'Have had a very strenuous time," Rt. Hon. J. H. Thomas, Lord Privy Seal and Minister of Unemployment, said in a wireless message to The Daily Herald from the steamship Duch- ess of Atholl, on which he is now returning to England after a visit to Canada. my mission," his message contin- ued, "was how I could find work for British unemployed without injury to Canadian workers. While the task was difficult I am. well satisfied with the result. I found the people of Canada anxious to help. My object was to show them how--which I did." The Herald said in this connec- tion it' had ground for believing one 'of the main purposes of 'the Labor. Cabinet minister's visit to Canada was to investigate a plan relating to exchange of Canadian wheat for British coal. It is stat- ed the scheme involves. colossal purchases of Canadian wheat and 'the erection of elevators in Brit- 'ain, as well as' the construction of a fleet of ships and reciprocal ac- tion on the part of Canada in the purchase of British coal. D. M. WRIGHT One of three selected for royal commission to investigate hu- manitarian institutions of - the province, ~~ "The only object of | WILL STRENGTHEN DOMINION'S CREDIT Present Government's Ar- rangements Have Already Had Good Effect Wellington, New Zealand, Sept. 17. --Tre government's advisers in Lon- don regard the government's loan conversation arrangements as clcula- ted to strengthen the Dominion's cre- dit in Great Britain, declared Prime Minister Sir Joseph Ward today in initiating the arrangements. He has repeatedly declared the methods of former governments injuriously af- fected New Zealand's credit overseas. The present government's arrange- ments, however, have already consid- erably assisted the London advisers' operation in a market already diffi- cult .for borrowers, the Prime Mini- ster asserted. Since the beginning of the year the government had applied local fesourtes to the utmost extent in lightening the" burden' of the fin- al conversion operation, he added. Last Respects Gypsy Queen Toronto, Ont., Sept. 17.--Borne on the shoulders of her clansmen in a silver plated casket, Anastasia Demitro, queen ofethe gypsies, was buried at Mount Pleasant cemgtery yesterday, after a lengthy parade. The queen died several days ago as a result of a stroke, She was born in Roumania, and came to Canada 32 years ago. Her hus- band 'died in New York several years ago. Gypsies from all parts of the continent came here to pay their last respects to their ruler. Before hte .procession, the last rites were performed over the casket, with only members of the tribe being present. ' Queen Anastasia "had. absolute power in her tribe a ° performed the rites of marriage and baptism. None of the gypsies were able io say definitely what her a was, but they knew that she ge 0 at least 70 years old. Forest Fire Destroys Houses, School, Logging Camp and Hotel (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Portland, Ore, Sept. 17.--An army of weary, sleepless men were © sta- tioned along far flung fronts in the foothills of the Cascades today wat- ching the progress: of a forest fire that in its erratic progress since Sun- day had blackened 15000 timbered acres, destroyed six houses, a hotel, a school, a logging €amp, two temp- orary forestry camps, trapped 200 fighters and sent one workman to a hospital violently insane, The fire swept down from the Mount Hood National Forest Sunday night and early yesterday a stiff south east wind sent it roaring down the Glackamas river valley toward Est- agada, Ore, a town of 2,000 popula- tion. Before the fighters could check its advance, the fire had licked a 16 mile pathway through the forest to within five miles of the city limits. Although Estacada residents feared the town might be wiped out only a few left the city with their belong- ings for Portland and other north- ern sections. Fire fighters were working valiant- ly, in an attempt to save the wvil- lage of Yacolt, Wash., from destruc- tion. About half the population of 200 vacated their homes there yes- terday when the flames reached to within 500 yards of the town. Philip Rowe, a rancher, was burn- ed to death when the Bell Mountain fire 30 miles northeast of Vancouver, Wash, enveloped and destroyed his home. Mrs. Rowe and a son escaped with injuries. Vicar (wishing to speak to bride- groom after ceremony) : Are you the happy man ¥ Solemn Groom: "That remains to be seen." 5 LIBERAL LEADER SAYS AN PROMISES IS INDICATED IN MANIFESTO Mr. Sinclair Says Most of Manifesto Issued by Premier Ferguson Deals With Matters Covered by, Departmental Regulations QUESTIONS NECESSITY OF CALLING ELECTION Claims There Is Nothing in: the Premier's Statement That Requires a Vote of the People of Ontario -- Liberal Manifesto Coming in Few Days An official statement in connec= tion with Premier.Ferguson's an- nouncement of a provinvincial election on October 30, was issued to The Times this afternoon by W. E. N. Sinclair, K.C,, of this city, leader of the Liberal party in the Ontario legislature. Mr, Sinclair: declares Mr, Ferguson's pre-elec-} tion manifesto as indicating only "an dlection of promises," and de- clares that there is nothing-in the manifesto that required a vote of the people. All of them could have been done byt he legislature, or some of them even by simply a departmental regulation, he de- clared. Mr, Sinclair stated to The Times that the manifesto of the Liberal party, setting forth its platform in the coming election, would he made public within a very few days, The Liberal leader has al- ready. a busy program of campaign addresses mapped out for the next week, and speaks in Elmvale tomorrow night to open the elec- tion campaign for his party. | Mr. Sinclair's Statement { Mr. Sinclair's statement follows: "The - Premier has issued his manfesto and the election is call- ed for October 30th. He has prom- ised some new things. Part of them can be done by department- al regulation. The rest of them he had 'an opportunity to make law if he had called his next ses- sion. Instead of enacting what he thinks is of importance he simply makes promises. - He has dissolv- ed the Legislature which could have made them law. It is to be an election of promises. The peo- ple will have to pay for the eléc- tion--over half a million dollars. There is no reason for an election before another session. The mani- festo is bulky--when analyzed it fades away and amounts only to a campaign speech, He does not assure the people of less taxation, which is the important Pops tos; day." > gal NEW ZEALAND TO ™ EXPORT WHEAT Wellington, New Zealand, Sept. 17. --Arrangements have been completed for export to England of New Zéa- land's wheat surplus, the first ship« ment leaving on Thursday, The movement is made possible.by a more favorable freight schedule and im- provement in the world's markets. Frost Damages Tobageco Crops St. Thomas.--Frost, on Saturday right and early Super morning' caused considerable'loss to tobacco growers in the West 'Lorne trict, Hugh C. McKillop, ex-M.P., the largest grower in the district, will be one of the heaviest losers, although the full extent of the damage to his. erop has not yet been asgertained.. Mr, McKillop, it is understood, had two-thirds of his crop in the fields. Some oft it may still be of use. Brown: "My house is burnt down, my "wife fell out of one of the top windows." Smith: "How terrible! By the way, is anything the matter with you, you look queer." ' Italian School Children Are Confronted With New Rules - (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Rome, Sept. 17.--Many thous- ands of Italian children attending school yesterday for the first time were confronted with a new set of the ever-changing conditions under the Fascist regime, Many of the changes centred around the increased importance given to schools © for industrial, agricultural or commercial train- ing. Pupils who have passed through the fifth grade are giver the opportunity of choosing courses. They can continue through the eighth grade, taking ordinary academic subjects, or they can gd immediately to a vocational traine ing school and prepare for an in< dustrial, agricultural or commer« cial career. Any pupils 10 years old can enter a vocational training school. The Fascist regime, by concens trating jurisdiction over every edue cational activity throughout Italy in the hands of the ministry of education at Rome, has enabled the minister to shift school teach« ers from districts where they havq been too numerous to other areasy